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slang being under the influence of a recreational drug most of the club patrons were too wiped out to know or care what was happening

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wiped out

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verb

past tense of wipe out

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Recent Examples of wiped out
Adjective
Nearly 58 million birds from commercial and backyard flocks have been wiped out in the U.S. since last February, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Denise Chow, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2023 Twenty years later, the Cordyceps infection has nearly wiped out humanity, leaving the survivors contained to a few urban quarantine zones, under the regulatory thumb of FEDRA. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023 According to the Agriculture Department, the flu has wiped out more than 44 million egg-laying hens, or roughly 4 to 5 percent of production. Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2023 The campaign has wiped out more than $1 trillion off the market value of some prominent companies. Laura He, CNN, 9 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for wiped out 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiped out
Adjective
  • But towards the end of the day, when everyone is sufficiently tired out, Webb says there's nothing better than sitting down and winding down together.
    Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In difficult listening situations, participants described feeling physically and mentally tired.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Both aim to improve handling, not that the MX-5 handled like a drunk camel in the first place.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But despite anecdotal reports of non-human animals appearing drunk after consuming ripe fruit or sugary substances, there's been very little research into its actual prevalence in the broader kingdom of life.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • For once, the entity piercing through The View's airspace was not a phantom noise, a doomed gnat, an unknown spectral entity, or Joy Behar's cell phone, but rather the thrusting pelvis of a ripped stripper.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Brenda Ceja of Whittier brought in a ripped pair of pants for her second visit to Radical Sewing Club.
    Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • David believes this is just her exhausted mind playing tricks, attributing it to postpartum depression, stress, and fatigue.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
  • This means that athletes can train longer before becoming exhausted.
    Maria Berentzen, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • But the dance party morphs into an intensely heated argument — complete with drunken insults and shattered glass — as the Owens sisters realize Angelov isn’t really gone.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Three decades on, recollections of the drunken antics and petty feuds that marked the Britpop scene may have faded, but the era’s style iconography—and of course the music—remains.
    Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • His loaded firearm was confiscated by police and his pickup was towed, but not before officers discovered what was inside.
    Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The politics of visibility are more loaded than ever.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • From artisan studios to breweries and other small businesses in the district, the waters erased a huge chunk of the city’s cultural identity.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Also in the fourth quarter, Goff had an incomplete pass erased from the books by an offensive pass interference call on teammate Brock Wright.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The first movie tapped out with $86.1 million but became a sleeper hit on home entertainment, while the sequel ended its run with $174.3 million.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Mar. 2023
  • For example, the March 12 episode features Graves and three other male survivalists who tapped out -- that is, left early before the 21-day challenge concluded -- in earlier appearances.
    kturnqui, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023

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